Financial Report -
balance $6300 - about $3000 available for ArtWorks including carry over
from last year. Currently 28 members. A financial report will be sent
to members.

By-Laws - Jeremy offered
to help; Todd not available; Mark will follow up and try to schedule a
morning meeting

2012 Membership Brochure &
Web Site

New image of work needed (1 MB okay) - for both brochure
& web site (to be redesigned)

Address listed and location marked on map (for those with
studios in their home)? or By Appointment Only?

Advertising

Arts in the Park - each of us should do our own ad; April 20
deadline - price is very reasonable - $30-50; lots of individual ads
would have more of an impact than just 1 ArtWorks ad. Contact Susan Moore
at the Enterprise.

Note: Caroline reported she has never seen "Arts in the
Park" - anywhere

Member Exhibit Opportunity

Daff-Art - no charge - small work (12x18 or less), exhibit
spread between Artists Guild, NorthWind Fine Arts (if membership
agrees), and Piece by Piece Studio. Set up Sun. May 6 - Sun. May 13
(Mothers Day). Galleries will charge regular commission on any sales.
Open to all ArtWorks members - drop off work at Artists Guild May 1 -
5. (Contact Sandy, shildreth@roadrunner.com
for Registration Form or click HERE)

Events!

Due for Arts Council NOW
to be included in the Directory - go to web
site and post own events (all Guild events have been posted)

After much discussion (including comments from Caroline Thompson,
director of the Arts Council of the Northern Adirondacks) the following
points were made:

ArtWorks is still a relatively young organization - still
discovering just what we want to be.

ArtWorks is made up of a diverse group of artists and
organizations, with very different interests, but sharing the goal of
promoting the arts in Saranac Lake - which includes bringing business
to our members

ArtWorks needs some sort of operating structure - but we
weren't sure that operating like a not-for-profit - seeking donations
for support is how we want to spend our volunteer time

ArtWorks already has trouble rounding up members to help
with events - no one wants to do fund-raising too.

ArtWorks is not interested in competing with Bluseed and
Pendragon for donations

MOST IMPORTANT: ArtWorks already has 2 member organizations
that are not-for-profits: Bluseed and Pendragon. Both Bob Pettee and
Larry Poole indicated their respective organizations would be willing
to be the conduit or umbrella needed for not-for-profit status should
ArtWorks wish to apply for a grant

We did agree that ArtWorks needs some kind of operating structure - a
set of by-laws.

Burdette will check with attorney Amy Smith as to whether or not
ArtWorks needs to be some kind of officially recognized organization -
such as a "club" or "association".

The question of liability insurance also came up. ArtWorks is hosting
events - what happens if someone gets injured and sues? Several people
agreed to ask their insurance agents about this. Sandy will ask the
Chamber about coverage for events.

A meeting between Bluseed, Pendragon, ArtWorks, Adirondack Sustainable
Communities and Jeremy Evans, to discuss grant ideas should be
scheduled.

Status of Arts Council:
Caroline reported it will be gone as of August. Funding is gone; grants
are being consolidated and are going to go to the North Country
Cultural Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh; arts centers are geing
funded but not service organizations like the arts council. Caroline is
looking for a job. The ACNA board would like to continue a web
presence. Denton publications is doing the Directory this year -
probably the last year unless they want to take it over. We thanked
Caroline for her many years of dedicated service.